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Northern Cemeteries and Graves
A Guide to Fort Selkirk, Yukon
Fort Selkirk Cemetery, Yukon
by Murray Lundberg
There are 2 or 3 cemeteries at Fort Selkirk, depending on how you define a cemetery. The Fort Selkirk Cemetery is the cemetery for non-Native people, located in the forest at the upriver end of the community. Within this cemetery is the Yukon Field Force Cemetery, for the 3 members of the Canadian Army's Yukon Field Force who died while serving in Fort Selkirk. The other cemetery is the Fort Selkirk First Nations Cemetery, for Native people - it is located at the opposite (downriver) end of the community. There are also an unknown number of other unmarked gravesites scattered throughout the town.
- BLAKER, Wade T. (1898-1899)
- BULMER, Henry (1846-1898)
- CADDY (HORSFALL), Anna (1913-1999?)
- CALDER, Alexander (1852-1900)
- HORSFALL, Charles (1908-1910)
- McDIARMID, Hazel (1888-1937)
- MacMARTIN, John F. K. (1856-1939)
- OLESON, Peter (1857-1924)
- PITTS, Harold H. (1849-1913)
- SWINEHART, William Humbhrey (?)
- Unknown #1 (?)
- Unknown #2 (?)
- Unknown #3 (?)
- Other memorial plaques
We have also posted some other photos of various aspects of the Fort Selkirk Cemetery.
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In memory of our darling baby
Wade T. Blaker
Son of Mr. & Mrs Blaker
Born at Ft. Selkirk Dec. 1st 1898
Died Mch. 7th, 1899, age three months, 6 days
A close view of the headboard can be seen here.
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In memory of
H. Bulmer
Died Aug. 9th, 1898, Aged 52 Years
A close view of the headboard can be seen here, and another one from 2013 when it was in better condition here.
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In loving memory
Anna Caddy (Horsfall)
1913-1999
This granite marker is at the foot of the headboard for 2-year-old Charles Horsfall.
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In memory of
Alexander Calder
Born: 1852 - Cape Breton N.S.
Died: 1900 - Minto Yukon
"Not Forgotten"
August 2000
A close view of the headboard can be seen here, and of the small plaque here.
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In loving memory of
Charles Horsfall
Died Sept 4th, 1910, aged 2 years
A close view of the headboard can be seen here.
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R.I.P.
In loving memory of
Hazel McDiarmid
Born Sep 22, 1888
Died April 8, 1937
A close view of the headboard can be seen here.
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In loving memory of
John F. K. MacMartin
Born June 6, 1856
Died Jan. 16, 1939
At rest
A broad view of the grave can be seen here.
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In memory of
Peter Oleson
Born January 2nd 1857
Died February 13 1924
A close view of the headboard can be seen here.
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In memory of
Harold H. Pitts
Who died January 3, 1913
Aged 64
A native of London, England
A close view of the headstone can be seen here.
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In memory of
William Humbhrey Swinehart
A close view of the headboard can be seen here.
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Unknown #1
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Unknown #2
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Unknown #3
A close view of the headboard can be seen here.
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In the grave enclosure of Charles Horsfall is a piece of plywood with five small memorial plaques rivetted to it:
Zimmerlee, James Joseph (Joddy)
1924-1996
R.C. Navy vet
Free from the kat skiner dangers
Schofield & Zimmerlee fur trade
Selkirk & Russell Creek
1918-1938
Billie & Art will rest as they lived here in the Yukon
Zimmerlee (Horsfall), Lily
1903-1965
Rests beside her brother
Alcock, James William George
1920-1998
R.C. Army vet
Rests at his Richmond home
Money (Caddy), Shirley
1943-1998
Rests beside her mother
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The Fort Selkirk Cemetery on July 20, 2013.
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